The Historical Development of Nanjing No.4 Middle School

Nanjing Sanmin Middle School, the predecessor of Nanjing No.4 Middle School, was founded in 1929. At the initiative of Xiong Chong, then head of the Central Training Department of the Kuomintang, and with the support of 2 1 politicians of the Kuomintang and the Republic of China, Xiong Chong and Hu, Yu Youren, Chiang Kai-shek, Zaijitao,,, Chen, Chen Lifu, Zhao, Wang, etc. 1 1 were elected as the first president. It was the first school named after the Three People's Principles in the Republic of China.

Nanjing Sanmin Middle School has a fine tradition of patriotism. 1931September 8, 2008 18, Japan invaded Shenyang, which was the "September 18th Incident" that shocked China and foreign countries. On the night of September 20, the Kuomintang held an interim meeting of the Central Committee in the Second Hall of the Central Party Department in Nanjing. The meeting made the wrong decision of "relying on the mediation of the League of Nations to avoid the escalation of the situation". The teachers and students of the whole school are extremely indignant at the policy of the Kuomintang Central Committee to mistake the country and the people. The next day, 500 teachers and students petitioned the Kuomintang Central Committee and the government to resist Japan. Later, China's * * * production party and patriots set off surging demonstrations and boycotts of Japanese goods all over the country, and organized students from Beijing, Shanghai and Jinan to petition Nanjing. This huge patriotic student movement led by Nanjing Sanmin Middle School forced the Kuomintang Central Committee to adopt an unprecedented tolerant attitude. Chiang Kai-shek met with representatives of the petitioners many times and discussed with them, welcoming a large number of petitioners. On the second day after the League of Nations ordered Japan to withdraw its troops, all the teachers and students organized a "three people's blood saving society" on the spot, determined to serve the country with their lives. There are 60 teachers and students in the school (accounting for half of the boys in senior high school at that time) and 20 people from all walks of life outside the school, headed by my late father Xiong Chong. The "Three People's Blood Salvation Corps" set off for a month-long military training in Peiping.1October 29th193265438+29th set off in the Temple of Heaven, which was a heroic deed and a tragic scene. This feat greatly inspired the people's confidence and determination in patriotism and resistance to Japan, and had a great impact. Chinese and foreign newspapers published a lot of comments and highly praised this patriotic action. After going through the customs, the "Three People's Blood Salvation Corps" actively mobilized the people and actively publicized patriotism and anti-Japanese righteousness. Later, he joined the Fourth Volunteer Army, confronted the Japanese army in Shuikou and Wangbi Temple, and participated in the battles of Lingyuan and Suizhong. My late father Xiong Chong was specially appointed as the Chief of Staff of the Fourth Volunteer Army by the Commander-in-Chief, General Ru. The "Three People's Blood Salvation Corps" fought in the northeast front for several months, which was in the middle of winter, and the twists and turns and difficulties it experienced could be imagined. The feat of saving the country by all members of the "Three People's Blood Salvation Mission" will go down in history forever. President Xiong Chong wrote the following solemn and stirring commemorative poems on the occasion of the fourth anniversary of the "Three People's Blood Saving the Nation Mission" going out to kill the enemy:

In the September 18th Incident, people were humiliated. Soldiers don't resist, politicians are shameless.

When people know about A Dou, bureaucrats are even more fatuous. Hey, China! Unexpectedly, I bowed my head.

It's just me, the Three People's Sect and the Iron Blood Group. Facing Jinpu Road, stop at the ancient Great Wall at dusk.

Although there is no food and clothing, the spirit is vertical and horizontal. Although there are no guns and bullets, we take the lead.

The storm swept away the fallen leaves and the dragon rose from a pool of blood. Teachers and students worked together, and Shuikou defeated the Japanese front.

Ji Temple resumed body count and served the country with great loyalty. Chinese and foreign newsprint is highly respected.

If we can make the best use of the situation, can we know that Qin will not die?

Unfortunately, times have changed, making people with lofty ideals feel sad and sad!

Nanjing Sanmin Middle School has an excellent style of study. The school was founded when the country was in extreme danger, and Japanese imperialism was advancing step by step, and my heart would not die; There are warlords in it, and the people live in dire straits. The school knows that the country urgently needs to train a large number of talents to save the country and rejuvenate the country. On the eve of the outbreak of the All-round Anti-Japanese War, the school took "cultivating revolutionary personality, carrying forward national spirit, training civil rights life and cultivating people's livelihood strength" as the essence of the Three People's Principles education; "A nation with iron discipline and bloody spirit will use black iron and red blood to resist aggression and defend the nation, so as to realize the Three People's Principles and the iron and blood policy of world harmony" as the strategy to realize the education of the Three People's Principles. The education of "Reviving Chinese Culture" and "Chinese Soul" requires students to receive five major trainings: knowledge, personality, physique, politics and production. Develop three basic habits of being a man: "get up early, be frugal and be cautious"; Have five spirits of "creation, independence, sacrifice, struggle and hard work"; The school motto is "honesty and simplicity"; The school emblem is a book with a gun and a hoe crossed. The school puts special emphasis on cultivating students' spirit of hard work, hard work and courage to struggle, and forms good habits of thrift. In order to build a sports playground for students, teachers and students fill a pond with a size of two acres and a depth of more than one foot in their spare time. Earthwork excavation and transportation is about 4000 cubic meters, with a per capita of 20 cubic meters. "Minsheng Daily" pointed out in an article introducing the school at that time: "Girls' clothes are also very simple and not so luxurious; Poor students who really don't have the financial strength to become scholars can all be students of the work-study program, free of miscellaneous fees, and 12 points can provide accommodation for the poor. "

Nanjing Sanmin Middle School has made outstanding achievements in running schools. During the period of 1929- 1950, Nanjing Sanmin Middle School trained nearly 8,000 senior and junior high school graduates. The educational quality of this newly-built school has always been among the best in Nanjing, the capital of the Republic of China. 1933 "excellent" in the second graduation exam, 1934 "excellent" in the graduation exam. Junior high school ranked first, and no one failed in high school, which was certified by the Social Security Bureau. According to the statistics of 1934, about 120 students graduated from high school classes, and 5/kloc-0 students were admitted to Peking University, Central University, Tsinghua and other institutions. Forty people graduated in six sessions, and as many as 30 people were admitted to universities. A large number of overseas Chinese sent their children to study in this school, which has trained a large number of outstanding talents for the country and is a well-deserved school. Chung phenomenon Xu Jing, Zhao Ce anti-Japanese martyrs, famous writer Bu Naifu and other outstanding students; Among the teachers, a number of famous scholars such as Wei Rongjue, Xiong Meng and Li have emerged.

Principal Xiong Chong devoted himself to the democratic revolution in middle school, actively participated in the New Culture Movement and the May 4th Patriotic Movement in college, and played a leading role in the May 30th anti-imperialist patriotic movement in Qingdao. The patriotic anti-Japanese speech and actions after the September 18th Incident all show the noble patriotic feelings of an intellectual and the courage of a democratic revolutionary, which is worthy of respect and memory by future generations. He has long been loyal and kind to supporting and nurturing Hu Xinlie's mother and daughter and helping poor students, which is worthy of our inheritance. On the basis of comprehensive and in-depth study and summary of ancient and modern Chinese and foreign education, he put forward a set of educational theories, including national educational objectives, educational principles and policies, educational methods and so on. In view of the crisis of civil strife and foreign invasion at that time, we started with the establishment of Nanjing Sanmin Middle School and achieved outstanding results. He is an outstanding representative of educators in the Republic of China. His educational theory and practice still inspire and draw lessons from his descendants. Principal Xiong Chong Cemetery in Shaodong County, Hunan Province has been listed as a county-level cultural relics protection unit, and the inscription of Shaodong County People's Government to protect its cemetery cultural relics is as follows:

Xiongchong (1897- 1944), also known as Xiongkunshan and Shaodonglian Bridge. Graduated from Peking University 1922. He translated and wrote a lot in his life and was a famous patriotic educator in the Republic of China. Joining the League in middle schools means joining the democratic revolution. He was a pioneer of the May 4th Movement and an important leader of the May 30th Movement in Qingdao. 1926 joined the national revolutionary army and participated in the northern expedition. He used to be the secretary of the 33rd Military Department and the director of the Political Department of 17 Division. 1928 worked in the central training department of the Kuomintang, and then abandoned politics to teach. 1929, he founded Nanjing Sanmin Middle School, with Hu, Yu Youxia as principals, which was the predecessor of Nanjing No.4 Middle School and Shaodong No.2 Middle School. 193 1 In the September 18th Incident, he led teachers and students to form the "Iron Blood Salvation Army" to resist Japan in Northeast China and served as the chief of staff of the Fourth Route Volunteers Special Committee. During the eight years of the Anti-Japanese War, I insisted on running a school. I changed my school site and traveled thousands of miles. He died in the pulpit in February of 1944 and 65438+.

Nanjing No.4 Middle School is a century-old prestigious school with excellent inheritance. Since the reform and opening up, all localities have been actively repairing cultural relics, restoring century-old shops and inheriting and carrying forward excellent cultural traditions. It is hoped that historical relics such as "Nanjing Sanmin Middle School Opening Monument" inscribed by Yu Youren, a famous calligrapher in the Republic of China, can still be preserved for a long time. I also hope that I can often see the Nanjing Sanmin Middle School described by the principal Xiong Chong in the poem "The Environment of Our School":

Longpan Guli is silent and the scenery is beautiful and charming.

Sweep the floor and enjoy the leaves and tea, and the trees along the Wulong Lake are evergreen.

Liangshan Art Exhibition, Zheng Wen Ancestral Temple closed day and night.

This kind of scene should only exist in the sky, and there are three people on the earth.